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Enhancements for Signing EBS 12.2 JAR Files Now Available

in Applications Security

We are pleased to announce enhancements to signing Java Archive (JAR) files (often simply called JARs) for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 to assist you with code signing certificates which are Hardware Security Modules (HSM) or token based.  

Overview of JAR Files with EBS

The Java code that runs on the desktop (client tier) is downloaded from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) as JAR files. JARs need to be signed by a certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA) that is trusted by the Java code on the desktop.

What Recently Changed?

Starting in the summer of 2023, the commercial CAs changed their policy and ceased to issue code signing certificates where your private key was kept in a disk file such as the Java KeyStore (JKS) file used by EBS JAR signing tools. In essence, the private key used for code signing now needs to be kept in a Hardware Security Module. For details, refer to applicable communications from the relevant commercial CAs.

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